Prink Callison – Coaching

Prink Callison(Aug. 15, 1899 – Jun. 17, 1986) Prince Gary “Prink” Callison was the head football coach at the University of Oregon from 1932 to 1937, compiling a record of 33-23-2. In 1933, he led the program to its second Pacific Coast Conference championship.

He played college football at Oregon from 1920-1922. He then became head football and basketball coach at Medford High School, leading the boys’ basketball team to Oregon state championships in 1924 and 1929.

In 1933, he coached Oregon to a 9-1 record and a tie for the Pacific Coast Conference championship with Stanford. Since the two schools did not play each other the committee would decide who would play in the Rose Bowl. They chose Stanford, on the strength of their win over USC, the only team to have beaten Oregon that year.